Archives for September 2015

Mrs George Clooney, otherwise known as Amal Alamuddin, the London human rights barrister, is creating a furore with neighbours over the restoration - is that the right word for what is happening? - to the house she and George are 'working on' in the Berkshire countryside.The home is having a home cinema, as you would expect of a Hollywood star, full security throughout, a … [Read more...]

The vast majority of cases that personal injury and accident attorneys handle are legitimate and very serious ones that deal with the safety and wellbeing of people who were hurt because of someone else’s negligence.
But like almost every area of the law, it’s susceptible to truly weird and wacky cases that you have to hear to believe. Some of them involve real victims who … [Read more...]

We've heard it a thousand times: The lawyer who represents himself has a fool for a client". But it was something New York patent attorney Anthony Zappin had to listen to during his divorce proceeding when the Judge, Justice Matthew Cooper, reprimanded Zappin and fined the ivy league lawyer for his "aggressively hostile" behavior.Zappin is … [Read more...]

Mike Morse is a lawyer on the make - making a difference to underprivileged children whose law firm is to invest over a quarter million dollars to provide school supplies for Detroit's under privileged.The proposal is for Mike Morse's firm, which has joined with a not-for-profit group called "Kids in Need Foundation", to buy backpacks and distribute them to 23,000 of the … [Read more...]

Schrader to launch firm’s new Anti-Counterfeiting Practice(Nashville, TN - September 23, 2015) - Adams and Reese is pleased to announce that Kristina Montanaro Schrader has joined the Nashville office as Team Leader of the firm’s new Anti-Counterfeiting Practice which will serve clients in combating counterfeiting, piracy and other Intellectual Property … [Read more...]

LawFuel.com - Law News - Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Philip R. Bartlett, Inspector-in-Charge of the New York Office of the U.S. Postal Inspection Service (“USPIS”), announced today the unsealing of an indictment charging seven defendants with orchestrating multiple schemes to defraud investors of tens of millions of … [Read more...]

Carnival Cruise Line has added two of Australia’s leading beauty and style experts to an already strong field of onboard talent during this year’s Melbourne Cup cruise on Carnival Spirit.Stylist to the stars Penny Hunt and Beauticate website founder Sigourney Cantelo – both former Beauty Editors at Vogue – will ensure Carnival Spirit’s 2600 guests will be ready to put their … [Read more...]

Asking hackers to play around with the law is not exactly something most lawyers would encourage, but in the case of V David Zvenyach, a former general counsel with the District of Columbia, it is exactly what he has done. And received plaudits for it.But why and how did this come about, exactly?The ABA Journal reported on the 33 year old's initiative who had learned … [Read more...]

Clifford Chance - Our second annual review of global antitrust trends is now available. This year, we have picked ten themes that reflect the most prominent antitrust risks faced by businesses around the world in 2015, and the most effective strategies for minimising those risks.
To request a copy of the report, please contact Nikki Moore. The themes are described briefly in … [Read more...]

Pullman & Comley - By Jonathan Orleans - When I talk to businesspeople about the legal differences between employees and independent contractors, I often offer the electrician who comes to the office to fix a wiring problem as the paradigmatic independent contractor. She sets her own schedule, supplies her own tools, is engaged in an activity that is not part of the usual … [Read more...]

Jimmy Carter's constant attempts to influence foreign affairs made George W Bush's life as President difficult, says one of his key advisors and it was something he vowed never to do to the Obama administration or anyone else.And his non-involvement in such matters has lead to an increase in his popularity, according to former foreign affairs policy advisor to Bush and … [Read more...]

It's a serious 'bear' market for law schools, it seems, if the current trends in the US are anything to go by. And the finger is being pointed at "less capable" law students entering law school.There has been a record-breaking drop in the average scores for bar exam multiple choice section passes, according to new information from the National Conference of Bar … [Read more...]